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Question about Fainting or Seizures. My history..
Wed, 06/11/2014 - 10:38My first seizure was when I was 16, I was rushed to the hospital which I was told it was a seizure. Abnormal EEG. I had a second Seizure when I was 18 and no EEG was taken immediatly, but had a 72 hour EEG and was told it was abnormal.
I am 26 now have been seizure free for 8 years with a low dose of topamax (100mg 2x a day). In recent development, I always thought my grandpa and aunt had seizures and I got it from them. But I found out, they faint. They did a tilt table test and there heart beat actually stops for 30s-1min long.
I don't believe they ever had EEG's, but this prooved that what they were having was not seizures. My aunt and grandfather lived there entire lives thinking this was a seizure.
This leads me to believe, what I am having is not a seizure. However, I had my 2 episodes and the EEG came back abnormal. Is this something that would happen with a fainting episode similar to my relatives?
Thank you.
Welcome and it is good to
Submitted by just_joe on Wed, 2014-06-11 - 15:45
Welcome and it is good to hear you have been seizure free fror years. As for EEG's if your had abnormalities and it was for seizures then your EEG's showed seizure activity. As for EEG's they have been around for many years. Ih and fainting which your grand parents did could have also been seizures. Do a little research and check out drop seizures. I also had 15-20 different EEG.s back in the early 1960's and those were all normal. I fell asleep in one after many tests were done. That EEG was abnormal (seizure activity) Seeing where tha activity was the neurologists looked closer at the neuro-angeogram (todays CTscan or MRI) and they found scared brain tissue which came from a hemmorage to the brain caused by a blow to the head. They run blood tests for several thing but they have also found that epilepsy does run in families but not to the degree they thiought it did.